AM/FM BY CHRIS LIEBING

Function Function, aka David Sumner, should be a familiar name to anyone who's been paying attention to techno in New York City for the past 15+ years. Heavily influence by the early New York rave scene (Limelight, NASA, Storm, etc), Dave dove into production with a string of releases and collaborations on Damon Wild's seminal Synewave label in the mid-90s. From the late 90s to the early 00s, Function put out many productions on his own label, Infrastructure. In the process he made a strong artistic connection with Regis and Female from the UK, and formed Portion Reform with Regis, releasing a handful of 12"s and an album on the cult, UK Midlands based imprint, Downwards. This connection remains strong to this day. In 2008, Dave moved to Berlin and began to strongly focus on the Sandwell District label, which was undoubtedly one of the breakout labels that year. The label was launched in 2002, and has only put out 15 releases since then, each one well worth owning. In 2010, the techno spotlight is shining brightly on Sumner and Sandwell. He has a residency at Berghain, and appears regularly at other huge clubs around Europe, and from all reports, his performance was the best set at the Labyrinth Festival in Japan this year. And now with Sandwell District being slated to close the main stage at Sonar this June, 2 new groundbreaking V/A Promo 12"s in the pipeline set to come out in May/June 2010, which will precede a full length Sandwell District album and 2 new collaborative projects with Jerome Sydenham for CLR and Ibadan, the future really couldn't be much brighter. 01. Function - SDSMP01 A1 - Sandwell District 02. Silent Servant - SDSMP02 A1 (Edit) - Sandwell District 03. Silent Servant (Regis Mix) - SDSMP01 B1 - Sandwell District 04. Function vs. Jerome Sydenham - Two Ninety One - CLR 05. Xhin - Blade Moth - Meerestief 06. Xhin - Plexus - Meerestief 07. Robert Hood - Alpha - M-Plant 08. JPLS - Displacement - Minus 09. Martyn - Is This Insanity? (Ben Klock Remix) - 3024 10. Cybersonic - Technarchy (Marcel Dettmann Remix) - Plus 8 11. JPLS - X Pulse - Minus 12. Mark Broom and James Ruskin - No Time Soon - Blueprint 13. Speedy J - Armstrong - CLR 14. Xhin - Fixing The Error - Stroboscopic Artefacts 15. Xhin - Link - Stroboscopic Artefacts 16. Function - SDSMP01 A2 - Sandwell District 17. Function - Unreleased Live Edit 18. Mark Broom and James Ruskin - The Metal Man - Blueprint 19. Robert Hood - Omega - M-Plant 20. Robert Hood - Superman - Music Man 21. Cari Lekebusch - Spindizzy (Luke Slater's L.B. Dub Corp Remix) - Mote Evolver 22. Equalized 03 - A - Equalized 23. Jeff Mills - Black Is The Number - Axis 24. Lionrock - Packet Of Peace (Jeff Mills Deep House Mix) - Deconstruction 25. Function vs. Jerome Sydenham - Illusion - Ibadan 26. Phase - Fragmenta - Token 27. Milton Bradley - Hypnagogic - Do Not Resist The Beat 28. Delta Funktionen - Silhouette (Marcel Dettmann Remix) - Delsin 29. Silent Servant - SDSMP02 A1 - Sandwell District 30. Silent Servant - SDSMP02 B1 - Sandwell District 31. Female - SDSMP02 B2 - Sandwell District 32. Female - SDSMP02 A2 - Sandwell District

Jerome Sydenham Jerome Sydenham is one of the hottest tickets in the world of house and techno music right now. His DJ sets are nothing short of phenomenal – veering from deep, intricate, chugging techno, to jackin' tech house, into huge anthemic house moments in the classic vein. Always pursuing his love for techno – both industrial-edged thumpers and deep, soulful Detroit moments, with some melodic beauties along the way. Jerome Sydenham’s illustrious music career took off in the late eighties when he joined the prestigious A&R division at Atlantic Records where he worked with the likes En Vogue, Das Efx, and breaking the vocal house group Ten City. Soon after he met emerging producer Kerri Chandler – one of his closest friends and a former collaborator, his name as a producer and DJ gradually built over the ‘90s, with his superb label Ibadan Records launched in 1995. He is best known for beautiful, emotive, sunkissed deep house tracks like "Swimming Places", and his timeless collaboration with Dennis Ferrer, "Sandcastles", both on leading house imprint Defected. However he also shares Ferrer’s love for hypnotic, soulful, sexy techno – bringing undeniable warmth to an often emotionally cold genre of music. His collaborations with Get Physical’s Swedish talent Tiger Stripes - like the hugely acclaimed "Elevation" and their joyous remix of Faze Action’s classic "In The Trees" - should likewise be added to the cannon of great house music history. Sydenham’s desire to push the creative envelope took him into the world of Techno with the hit “Asama”, with which he launched the German based label Apotek Records. The year 2007 also saw the initiation of a new label collaboration, Avocado Records, established in Denmark with heavy weight producer Rune RK with the monster "Elephant". Recent remixes by Sydenham include: "Angel" by Carl Craig (Planet-e), "Forming Dies" by Adam Beyer & Joel Mull (Drumcode), "Way of the Lonely Ones Pt2" by Nihad Tule (Spectrum), and "Materia" by Nic Fanciulli (Global Underground). 1. Jerome Sydenham – Bang Me – Apotek Records
2. Jerome Sydenham – The Scavenger - Drumcode
3. Jerome Sydenham, Function – Skimming – Ibadan Records
4. Jerome Sydenham - Black Ice – Apotek Records
5. Jerome Sydenham, Function – Two Ninety One (Original) – CLR
6. Jerome Sydenham, Function – Mobile – Ibadan Records
7. James Ruskin, Mark Broom – Hostage – Blueprint Records
8. Jerome Sydenham – The Visitation – Drumcode
9. Juan Paplo Pfirter – Miestudio - CLR 10. Jerome Sydenham, Function – Incense – Ibadan Records
11. Peter Horrevorts - Bloody Hands – Gem Records

Pfirter Pfirter is one of the main icons of the electronic scene in South America. After more than a decade of a solid career, Juan Pablo has developed a very unique and personal style, mainly because of his very particular set, based on many subgenres of Techno. 
Pfirter is nowadays considered one of the argentinian djs with the biggest international projection, with releases on labels as CLR, Stockholm Ltd, Figure, Synewave and his own music plattform, MindTrip Music, among others. 
This records are played and charted by artists like Sven Vath, Richie Hawtin, Par Grindvik, Chris Liebing, Speedy J, Chris Fortier, Christian Smith, Xpansul, Joey Beltram, Kevin Gorman, Michael Mayer and many more.
All of this, allows him to perform nowadays in the best clubs in Argentina and South America (Uruguay, Chile, Paraguay, Venezuela, Ecuador...). And he performs regularly in Europe, on clubs such as Berghain (Berlin), The End (London) or Club4 (Barcelona). 01 / GEZ VARLEY / Fiky / GMR Records / 02 / AUBREY / Dark / Mike Parker Remix / Mowar / 03 / DONATO DOZZY, DINO SABATINI / In Vaders / Prologue / 04 / DJ PIERRE, JUSTICE / Stress Or Justice / Afro Acid Ruskin Mix / Afro Acid Digital / 05 / FUNCTION, JEROME SYDENHAM / Two Ninety One / Chris Liebing Edit / CLR / 06 / LUCY, WALTER ERCOLINO / Gmork / Stroboscopic Artefacts / 07 / JAMES RUSKIN, MARK BROOM / Hostage / Blueprint Records / 08 / MARCEL DETTMANN / Unrest / Norman Nodge Remix / Ostgut Ton / 09 / JUSTIN BERKOVI / Backshredding / DJAX Upbeats /  10 / CHRIS LIEBING, TOMMY FOUR SEVEN / Bauhaus / Bauhaus 11 / MARTYN, THE SPACEAPE / Is This Insanity? / Ben Klock Remix / 3024 / 12 / MAN LIKE ME, TOMMY FOUR SEVEN / London Town / Berlin Box Mix / Shooting Elvis / 13 / BOYS NOIZE / Transmission / James Ruskin Remix / Boysnoize Records / 14 / DVS1 / Falling / Timefog / 15 / SURGEON / First / Regis Smethwick Alloy Mix / Tresor / 16 / PFIRTER / Mi Estudio / CLR / 17 / SUB SPACE / The Bi-Machine / Labrynth /

Samuli Kemppi Samuli Kemppi is one of the key figures of finnish techno scene. Hard working producer and dj who is always breaking boundaries and delivering fresh mixture of times past and days yet to come. His influences range from Kraftwerk and Depeche Mode to Sahko Records and recent Sleeparchive releases. His sound is described as icy cold techno style, a controlled exercise in minimal techno devastation, bass-heavy jacker grooves with shivering hihats and floating athomspheres… (boomkat) Samuli is releasing his music since 2002 under different names / pseudonymes. 2008 and 2009 have been very successful years for him, with phantastic releases on Ostgut Ton, Prologue and Time To Express. This year there`s a lot of great stuff in the pipeline, for example his Dark matter EP on Mote Evolver is just released. 01. Edit-Select feat Gary Beck - Ploy - Edit-Select
02. Samuli Kemppi - N157 - Thema
03. Peter Van Hoesen - Defense against the Self - TIme to Express
04. Skudge - Convolution - Skudge
05. Samuli Kemppi - Nyki - unsigned
06. Unknown - Untitled - Equalized #003
07. Zoid - Zoid 1 - Sävel
08. Jeff Mills - untitled - SITS #2
09. Jeff Mills - Protector - Axis
10. Samuli Kemppi - 130 mm - unsigned
11. Dave Angel - Boucne Back - R&S
12. Samuli Kemppi - Dark Matter - Mote Evolver
13. Aubrey - Dark (Mike Parker remix) - Mowar
14. Marcel Dettmann - Unrest (Norman Nodge remix) - Ostgut Ton
15. Plastkiman - Elektrostatik - Novamute

Dustin Zahn A bad ass behind the decks, and in the studio since 1998...Dustin Zahn’s productions ended up on some bigger techno labels as well as more obscure imprints. A few words can easily describe his style: moody, tribal, dark, and hypnotic. Along with Ian Lehman, he forged the well-received “Attack People” live performance…bringing his show across the US, to South America, and Europe as well. When he’s not on tour with his DJ sets or supercharged live pa sessions, he co-promotes some of Minneapolis’s biggest techno parties. In addition, he also manages his labels Abiotic Recordings and Enemy Records, which both receive wide support from the techno community such as Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Redhead, Tim Xaver, Dave Clarke, Umek and countless more. 01. Martyn - Seventy Four (Redshape Remix) 02. Itamar Sagi - Common Sense 03. Levon Vincent - Double Jointed Sex Freak (Part 1) 04. Delta Funktionen - Silhouette 05. SMK - Sponsored By Destiny (Radio Slave Remix) 06. Skudge - Convolution 07. Par Grindvik & Staffan Linzatti - Lights Up On (Divided Part Version) 08. Pascal Mollin - The Elephant (Pan-Pot rmx) 09. Dubfire - Rabid (Edit Select Remix) 10. Nihad Tule & Nima Khak - Framework 11. Gary Beck - Yah Yah 12. Spektre and Matt Cooper - Cuernos Cubanos (Horn Tool) 13. Edit Select - Ploy 14. Mark Broom & James Ruskin - Hostage 15. Nihad Tule - 5th 16. Mark Broom - Verve 17. Aphrohead - In The Dark We Live (Thee Lite) [Dave Clarke Remix] 18. Chris Liebing vs Green Velvet - Auf and Ab und Kinda High (Dustin Zahn Mix) 19. Jens Zimmermann - Audio 08 20. Plastikman - Marbles 21. Kyle Geiger - Imperial 22. Dustin Zahn - Walk Alone 23. Dennis Ferrer - Hey Hey (DF's Attention Dub) 24. Mirko Loko - Love Harmonic (Carl Craig's Soundscape Remix) 25. Jens Zimmermann - X 12 26. PILOTPRIEST - Body Double

Alex Bau Alex Bau is a dj and producer who is widely known for breaking down barriers between several styles of today’s electronic dance music. His versatile and effective production technique has gained him a long list of releases on various renowned labels. There are not many djs of this type. Those are djs who believed in Techno from the first minute, djs who experienced Techno from the very beginning, djs who made Techno their own thing. Djs who found their own style, even more, who developed it over the years, djs who´s name is the expression for a specific sound. Alex Bau is one of them. Why focusing on just one style of music? Why only minimal sounds? Why only Techno? Why? If you can have it all… There has been a time before Techno for Alex Bau. Thousands of records in his collection, different styles, different music, for sure something that leaves its marks, no doubt about it. Still he is doing Depeche Mode-Nights from time to time, just for fun, and his activities on Techno doesn´t really suffer from that, not at all! With his 5 or even more hours sets at his first resident club the „Libella“ in his south-east-Bavarian home-area, where for example also DJ Hell started his career back in the 80ies, he achieved the reputation as somebody who is totally aware of what he is doing, totally dedicated to it and also totally loving it. He had his own radio show for over 2 years on a local radio station, still so far the only Techno show in this area. After countless gigs at local clubs, he also started to play at other places all over the planet and continues doing so. Techno can do a lot, if you let it do so. That is the credo. His credo. 1. intro: emanuel top - turkish bazar / alex bau - wasabi tunes vol 2 2. nihad tule & lassemann - 13th (unreleased) 3. man like me vs. tommy four seven - london town (berlin dub mix) 4. adam beyer - antistius 5. alex bau - full method jacket (gary beck repaint) 6. sinisa tamamovic - motherfucker (alex bau remix) 7. alex bau - unreleased track 8. adam beyer & par grindvik - seq 1 / living wheel 9. alan fitzpatrick - amsterdam (heiko laux mix) 10. mark broom - meltin pot 11. citizen kain - cameleon (pfirter remix) 12. alex bau - arctica

Chris Liebing draws and presents the winners of the CLR Xmas Podcast Competition. Congratulations and have fun with the prices!

Chris Liebing Chris Liebing is a Techno pioneer, dj, producer, CLR podcast host, radio host and the driving force behind CLR. He has been one of the first djs who fully embraced the digital age of music. Since then he has never stopped working on his dj and production setup’s and has finally reached a point of complete satisfaction with his technical and artistic possibilities. After a whole decade of constant label work, Chris Liebing and his team are drawing a balance. Over the last 10 years, he and many renowned producers have released their music on CLR, turning it into a consistent and increasingly successful Techno imprint. The jubilee of this well-established label gives reason for a complete renovation of the brand, with a renewal of the corporate identity, new logo and the new web domain: www.clr.net The recent chapter in the labels history also gives a new meaning to the abbreviation “CLR”: “Create Learn Realize”. A decade of “creating and learning” has passed and it is time for the next step named “realization”. The goal is to “realize” the embodiment of Techno in an exceptional anniversary campaign. It will include various activities and events, for example a jubilee compilation called “10Years CLR”, which will attempt to redefine the term Techno according to the contemporary standards and technical possibilities. It will feature 10 exclusive tracks by 10 of the finest producers, Release April 2010. 1. Lucy & Ercolino - GMORK_Dadub_Tool 2. Xhin - Link - Tool 3. Shlomi Aber - Groove Mechanism 4. Telefon Tel Aviv - Immolate Yourself - Ben Klock Jack Mix 5. Ed Rush & Nico - Defect (Peter Van Hoesen's Twisted Spine Remix) 6. Sendai - Rottingbaugh 7. BCR Boys - Delete 8. Norman Nodge - ManMade 9. Chris Liebing and Tommy Four Seven - Bauhaus (Mallet Mix) 10. The Spaceape, Martyn - Is This Insanity? - Ben Klock Mix 11. Ben Klock - Red Alert 12. Erphun - Diatomic (Monoloc rmx) 13. Mark Broom & James Ruskin - No Time Soon 14. Juan Paplo Pfirter - The Dub Track - Brian Sanhaji Remix 15. Chris Liebing vs Green Velvet - Feelin kind of high and Auf und ab (Dustin Zahn mash up) 16. Joe Zas - Speedy J. Edit

BAUHAUS goes digital now. When they released Bauhaus last year as a whitelabel they never expected such a massive feedback - They sampled the construction site to death and finally became some kind of a concrete mixer. Thank you Chris, thank you Tommy Chris Liebing and Tommy Four Seven : BAUHAUS

Ladida As soon as the name Ladida is mentioned, everybody thinks of the first lady of Czech DJing. She is typified by her precise mixing style and dynamic electronic sound with percussive elements and organic soundscapes. At the beginning of her DJ career she concentrated above all on melodic groovy techno, whereas today she is ploughing the furrow of primarily minimal techno. When the first techno club opened in Prague in 1995 she was in the right place at the right time, and Linda stood behind the decks side by side with famous DJs such as Jeff Mills, Carl Cox, Westbam, Laurent Garnier, DJ Hell and others. As early as 1996 she made herself known at Mayday Germany. She was voted in Frontpage magazine in 1997 as one of the best international newcomers amongst Djs and also as DJ of the year in a poll in the Czech magazine Tripmag. In several respects 2003 was an important milestone for Linda, with her crowning appearance at Love Parade, at the Big Final Event at Siegessaule, from where her set was broadcast worldwide. After appearing in Japan in 2002 (Tokyo, Nagoya), she performed a year later in Singapore. The same year she was voted Czech female DJ of the year in a poll presented by Report magazine. During the period 2005 – 2007 she appeared on the Tomáš Hanák talk show on TV Prima, made ad campaign for Toyota and performed in Brazil, China and Australia. In 2007 Linda founded her own label Article, and debuted with the label entitled “Being Free”. Linda released a further single 4U.K. and the Ladida EP called „U can“ on Article Records and also a Kultube Rmx on Italian label Rush Recordings. In 2008 Ladida produced Intel techno stage at Creamfields centrale europe festival. During this year Ladida had residency night @ Roxy club Prague called MINIaMALY, with guests like Dubfire, Anderson Noise or Marco Carola . In 2009 Ladida played in countries like Japan, Honduras and Brazil. Recently her resident place is SaSaZu club in Prague. Silence/ Team radio/ Subconce records + The itch/ Lee curtis, Gadi Mizrahi/ Wolf+Lamb music
Now is the time/ Emerson Todd rmx/ Olmeto
Packet of peace/ Spektre rmx/ Deconstruction
Semaphore/ Gaiser/ Minus
Love Message / Uto Karem rmx/ Alchemy
Techno Rhythm/ Chris Soul &Frank Knight rmx /Tanira Recordings
Matchbox/ Marc O' Tool &  Criss Source / Circle Music
Hankkofloppe/ Wighnomy Brothers/ Freude Am Tanzen Recordings
Ex&Hopp-Super Flu's Beck & Pop/ Giant Wheel + Nadam/Matheo Velez / Minus Mal's records
Yujuuu/ Alberto Pascual, Alec Troniq / Cometomusic
Minima boogie/ Boris Rush rmx/ BombBeatz Music
Wrong/ Idiotproof/ Made To Play
Knob Farm/ Deepchild/ Breakoutaudio
Heat/ Philp Bader, Sascha Braemer/ Dantze
Goo/ Paco Osuna rmx/  Plus 8
El baile Aleman/ Coyu& Edu Imbernon/  Liebe Detail
1946 in Memory/ Pompelmoessap/ Lessizmore
Adjust the frequency/ Paco Osuna rmx/ Clink

Sian Born in Dublin, Ireland, raised gypsy style in southern Spain and constantly moving cities, Sian chose early to drop out of normal society,make music and DJ. Adhering more to the avantgarde way of life, he stands out as a little more bohemian than the average electronic figure.. a rare, flamboyant and eccentric new talent. As one of the most promising upcoming acts in the techno scene today, Sian revels in his uniqueness. He has already been reworked and remixed by talent like Gui Boratto, Steve Bug, Efdemin, Minilogue or Pan-Pot and so early on in his career, has toured half the world. Rocking heaving crowds and bringing his trademark experimental DJing style to the masses via multiple outputs of explosive techno, fx and loops cut up and edited live. His tracks instantly caught the ear of everyone from Sasha, John Digweed, Carl Cox to Luciano, Richie Hawtin, Ricardo Villalobos, Loco Dice or Steve Bug and have shown how a genre busting raw talent crosses over stylistic boundaries. Plus his DJing performances at international contemporary clubs and festivals in Europe, to dates in North and South America, Australia and beyond. Memorable nights at pioneering clubs like Berghain, Secretsundaze, Tripod, Weekend, Hive, Nitsa etc have seen Sians marathon DJ sets bring real voodoo to the dancefloor. With appearances on very select labels, his unusual DJing approach and his acclaimed output on his own techno imprint, Octopus, Sian is fast becoming recognized by peer and press alike as one to watch. From international radio like the BBC to Mags like DJMAG, IDJ, Mixmag, Raveline, XLR8, Groove, Resident Advisor etc the praise for his raw style and very exploratory label are unanimous. This young imprint is already getting praised by DJs like Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Sasha, Dubfire, Loco Dice, John Digweed, Damian Lazarus, M.A.N.D.Y. Whether conducting everlasting sweat soaked DJ sessions or creating timeless dance music, Sian is a truly diverse and original talent,at once chic and hedonistic,always intensely inventive... Still shaking from some huge slabs of dancefloor energy with Exercise One and Jonas Kopp remixes on his own label "Octopus", Sian has been buried in the studio remixing for Bedrock, Trapez Records and is preparing 2 new releases for Soma.
He’s been all over DJing to frenzied mobs, running his own "Shake your bones" residency in Barcelona and is just about to start another USA tour.
Keep your eyes peeled for some serious techno workout action with his upcoming Oubliette EP, featured in this mix, with remixes from Norman Nodge and Staffan Linzatti. 
Sebbo  - watamu beach  (Moritz on Oswald Remix), Desolat
Peter van Hoesen - liss01, Time to express
Nic Fanciulli - Lazio (Dustin Zahn Remix), Saved
Xhin Link Tool  Stroboscopic, Artefacts
Jesper Dahlback - dash one  (Par Grindvik Remix), Curly Wurly
Pattern repeat Ofetriade (Ben Klock Remix), Echochord
Mike Mind - Resonate, Turbo
Unknown - 3temp3 
Deepbass & Roman Toletski - Untamed, Darkbeat
Carl Lekebusch  - Spindizzy (Luke Slater's L.B. Dub Corp Remix, Mote Evolver
Sian – Oubliette, Octopus
Par Grindvik -  i’m weird like you, Stockholm ltd.
Kev Gorman - Alarm tool,  Mikrowave 
Josh Wink - everybody to the sun, Ovum
Roland M - dill Low Go (Sians Depths of depravity Remix), Trapez
Adam Beyer - Remainings  (Alan Fitzpatrick remix), Drumcode
Speedy J - edlx tool (Chris Liebing edit), CLR
Kevin Gorman - Shakey Metallic Beats, Mikrowave
Funk Dvoid and Sian  - A wasp in a wig, Soma



Matthias Tanzmann Since 1997, Matthias has been resident-dj at Distillery (Leipzig), the most renowned club in Eastern Germany. Together with Daniel Scholz he founded Gamat 3000 and shortly afterwards released tracks on Dessous Recordings, Freude am Tanzen and fm-Musik. in 2000, he and André Quaas founded the label Moon Harbour, which would offer a premium platform for Leipzig house protagonists and for befriended international producers. By 2007 he had released numerous EP’s, three mix compilations and remixed several tracks. Together with Steve Bug and Daniel Stefanik, he has produced various EP’s, drawing inspiration from the new dynamics and sounds that the collaborative process can create. behind the decks he advanced to become one of the most popular and booked german house Dj’s in the world, later securing residencies at flokati (munich) and circoloco@dc10 (ibiza). While over the years his tracks have developed from classical deep house with a european edge, through to minimal house bordering on ambitious techno, groove and deepness were and still are the essential elements of Matthias Tanzmann’s music. 1. Soulphiction - Transistor Slugs - Sonar Kollektiv 2. AIL002 - Cmon Bez - All Inn Ltd 002 3. Dan Drastic - Behind A Green Door (Matthias Tanzmann Edit) - Luna Records 4. Arado & Marco Faraone - Hard Travel To Weeze 5. Luna City Express - Mr. Jack (Catz & Dogz Remix) - Moon Harbour 6. Roach Motel - The Night (Dark Nite Remix) - Junior Boys Own 7. Mirco Violi - Boomer - Climatic Sound 8. Loco Dice - Definition - Desolat 9. Tube & Berger vs. Ante Perry - 1234 (Kabale Und Liebe's Filter Funk Remix) 10. Jef & Chris - Chaka - Silver Network 11. Martinez - Sidewinder 12. Arado & Den Ishu - R.U.W.M. - All Inn Ltd 003 13. Damian Schwartz - Holloway - Oslo 14. Kasper - Chicago Take - Bloop

Marcel Dettmann Marcel Dettmann is one of the supporting pillars of the famous Berlin Berghain sound: Powerful, sexy and knowing in the right sense. One could also say he knows his edutainment. Since 1999 Marcel is and has been a steady fixture at both the old OstGut and the new Berghain. The classic sounds of Chicago and Detroit have had a huge influence on him, but Marcel also says that „the music and the sets have to work, should have a soul and be ignorant of boundaries. I re-invent my dj philosophy for every new set, location and night. Generally, it is very important to me to play as varied as possible sets fusing classic tracks with the contemporary ones.“

Besides his dj activities, Marcel also works at Berlin’s highly influential record store Hard Wax. The store’s excellent musical portfolio provides Dettmann with a constant inspiration for his upcoming projects. „Dawning/Dead Man Watches The Clock” on our label OstGut Ton is his first ever released record a collaboration with his DJ colleague Ben Klock. It has gotten an excellent feedback and managed to chart Groove Magazine’s Top50 at number 2.

„Music always works in a certain context at a certain time, or it doesn’t. There still are a lot of interesting, very varied artists and labels releasing loads of good stuff, be it classic or experimental. 01. Milton Bradley - Uncontrollable Desire 02. A Made Up Sound - Sun Touch 03. Muff76 - Mere - Kevin Gorman Remix 04. Jeroen Search - Done Deal 05. Mike Parker - Protolanguage 06. Red Snapper - Moving Mountain (Scuba Remix) 07. Xhin - Link 08. Function - Disaffected (Norman Nodge Mix) 09. James Ruskin - Solution 10. Silent Servant - Discipline 11. Equalized #003 - B1 12. Junior Boy’s - Work (Marcel Dettmann Remix) 13. Marcel Dettmann - Helix 14. Delta Funktionen - Intruder 15. Martyn - Seventy Four (Redshape Remix)

Darko Esser Music, work, friends and life in general is all about balance for Dutch DJ, producer and promoter Darko Esser. No suprise that his debutalbum is dedicated to that neverending quest for balance, or as the Dutch call it: ‘Balans’. Most tracks on the album have opposing titles and the atmosphere changes from dark, moody and emotional to uplifting, cheerfull and happy. Finding balance in contradictions is also the main reason why his activities cover such a wide range and can be completely different in character. From programming the electronic music-events for the legendary Dutch venue Doornroosje, Merleyn and festivals up to 15.000 capacity like Free your Mind in Arnhem to DJ-ing all over Europe back to making music in the solitude of his homestudio and selecting tracks for new releases on his Wolfskuil imprint. In 2003 he started the label Wolfskuil Records together with his good friend LL. Nowadays he runs the label by himself and activity has been increasing over the years thanks to overwhelming support from the industry and off course an increasing input of strong demos. The evergrowing Wolfskuil family ranges from young producers who release their first record to established musician like Joris Voorn, DJ Yellow, Benny Rodrigues and Paul Brtschitsch. As a DJ he has more then 15 years of experience in the bag and has played all over Europe in world famous clubs such as Berghain & Panoramabar, Rex, Tresor, 11, House Of God and off course his homebase Doornroosje. His sound is versatile and strongly depends on the setting and atmosphere of that particular moment. One could say that his sound is strongly settles on the crossing borders between house & techno, but don’t be surprised if he takes a sideway into broken beat, dubstep, electronics or the undiscribable.

Mark Broom Broom's first release came way back in 1992. Since that time, and under a number of alias, the East Londoner has built up an incredible archive of work, with releases on world renowned labels such as Mo-Wax, Warp, R&S, Soma, Ifach, Platzhirsch, Rotary Cocktail, Edit Select, Material and BPitch Control. As a producer, he is without doubt a DJ favourite, and whilst more commonly known for his tougher productions, can effortlessly turn his hand to the more melodic, as heard on 'Ghetto' under his Kingpin Cartel guise. His recent, highly acclaimed releases and remixes for Saved, Flux, 20:20, Alchemy and Platzhirsch Schallplatten have featured in the charts and on the floors of the worlds finest, and have confirmed, without doubt that Broom is one of the most consistent producers of today. Broom's first release came way back in 1992. Since that time, and under a number of alias, the East Londoner has built up an incredible archive of work, with releases on world renowned labels such as Mo-Wax, Warp, R&S, Soma, Ifach, Platzhirsch, Rotary Cocktail, Edit Select, Material and BPitch Control. As a producer, he is without doubt a DJ favourite, and whilst more commonly known for his tougher productions, can effortlessly turn his hand to the more melodic, as heard on 'Ghetto' under his Kingpin Cartel guise. His recent, highly acclaimed releases and remixes for Saved, Flux, 20:20, Alchemy and Platzhirsch Schallplatten have featured in the charts and on the floors of the worlds finest, and have confirmed, without doubt that Broom is one of the most consistent producers of today. Mark Broom_ Outta Limitz( Unreleased)_BeardMan Broom & Zahn_ Leave Me Alone_ Edit Select v Gary Beck Remix_ Enemy Records Jonson_ Quantique Pt 2_ BeardMan2 Jonson_The Seducer Pt 2_BeardMan1 James Ruskin & Mark Broom_The Metal Man_Blueprint Jonson_Quantique Pt 1_BeardMan2 Edit Select_Obstat_BeardMan4 Mark Broom_Sqigg_BeardMan4 Mark Broom_Talker (Unreleased) James Ruskin & Mark Broom_Hostage_Blueprint Mark Broom_Verve ( Demo Version )_BeardMan Mark Broom_Verve ( Demo Version 2)_BeardMan Jonson_Quantique Pt 3_BeardMan2