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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. Tracklisting Function - SDSMP01 A1 - Sandwell District Silent Servant - SDSMP02 A1 (Edit) - Sandwell District Silent Servant (Regis Mix) - SDSMP01 B1 - Sandwell District Function vs. Jerome Sydenham - Two Ninety One - CLR Xhin - Blade Moth - Meerestief Xhin - Plexus - Meerestief Robert Hood - Alpha - M-Plant JPLS - Displacement - Minus Martyn - Is This Insanity? (Ben Klock Remix) - 3024 Cybersonic - Technarchy (Marcel Dettmann Remix) - Plus 8 JPLS - X Pulse - Minus Mark Broom and James Ruskin - No Time Soon - Blueprint Speedy J - Armstrong - CLR Xhin - Fixing The Error - Stroboscopic Artefacts Xhin - Link - Stroboscopic Artefacts Function - SDSMP01 A2 - Sandwell District Function - Unreleased Live Edit Mark Broom and James Ruskin - The Metal Man - Blueprint Robert Hood - Omega - M-Plant Robert Hood - Superman - Music Man Cari Lekebusch - Spindizzy (Luke Slater's L.B. Dub Corp Remix) - Mote Evolver Equalized 03 - A - Equalized Jeff Mills - Black Is The Number - Axis Lionrock - Packet Of Peace (Jeff Mills Deep House Mix) - Deconstruction Function vs. Jerome Sydenham - Illusion - Ibadan Phase - Fragmenta - Token Milton Bradley - Hypnagogic - Do Not Resist The Beat Delta Funktionen - Silhouette (Marcel Dettmann Remix) - Delsin Silent Servant - SDSMP02 A1 - Sandwell District Silent Servant - SDSMP02 B1 - Sandwell District Female - SDSMP02 B2 - Sandwell District Female - SDSMP02 A2 - Sandwell District

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 ed 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). Tracklisting 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. Pfirter 10. Jerome Sydenham, Function – Incense – Ibadan Records 11. Peter Horrevorts - Bloody Hands – Gem Records

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). Tracklisting 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 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. Tracklisting 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

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 from the techno community such as Adam Beyer, Chris Liebing, Redhead, Tim Xaver, Dave Clarke, Umek and countless more. Tracklisting 01. Martyn - Seventy Four (Redshape Remix) 02. Itamar Sagi - Common Sense 03. Levon Vincent - Double ted 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 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. 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`s the credo. His credo. Tracklisting 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 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 ed 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. Tracklisting 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

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 . 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. Tracklisting 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

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 promicoming 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 Oubliette EP, featured in this mix, with remixes from Norman Nodge and Staffan Linzatti. TRACKLISTING 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

Since 1997, Matthias has been resident-dj at Distillery (Leipzig), the most renowned club in Eastern . 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 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. Tracklisting 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

Ruff, rugged and raw. Mentioning Marcel Dettmann as well as his feeling for and vision of electronic music, his way of dealing with it, is impossible without these attributes. Whether you take his DJ sets (Marcel has been made a resident DJ at the old Ostgut and also at Berghain from the very start), Dettmann’s productions for the self-conducted MDR label, his remixes for the likes of Fever Ray, Junior Boys, Modeselektor as well as Scuba, or if nothing else his debut long player for Ostgut Ton into , all the various contrasts and distinctions that come with it are manifested in these qualities. Techno as Marcel Dettmann defines it, is neither a movement without history nor wistful nostalgia. In the hands of the Berliner, the well-known game of hi-hats, bass lines and kick drums draws its tension and momentum from a historically grown tradition and the conscious decision to break the rules. Reformation and solid construction outplays the use of any gimmicks. Dettmann pours Detroit’s oil into European engines, puts British bass music under the control of Chicago’s very own Jack, cuts classics with abstract nuances and connects yesterday with tomorrow and today. In the unrelenting manner of a great DJ, he generates moods and connections that are age- and classless, but never irrelevant or tasteless. Marcel Dettmann links up the art of improvisation with careful preparation and finally gives techno some of its often painfully missed serious physical constitution back. No tracklist available

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 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. No tracklist available

Since the start of 90s, Former East Londoner now Norfolk based Mark Broom has always been a name that is synonymous with the UK electronic music scene. A truly prolific artist, he has a myriad of production credits to his name having worked with world renowned labels such as Mo-Wax, Warp, R&S, Soma, Ifach (with Baby Ford ) Bpitch Control, Platzhirsch,Rotary Cocktail, Material and more recently 2020 vision It all started in the summer of 89 when he landed in Tenerife on vacation and stumbled across the delights of the emerging sounds of Chicago & Acid House. Returning to the UK, he immediately went in search of this new found music a pair of turntables were bought and with it, a musical career was born. A regular customer at London’s Fatcat record store, Mark found himself at the epicenter of a burgeoning scene. In 92, a certain Pete Baby Ford was on the scout for Djs to play at his new Club Night, Nude. When a mix tape was put directly in to his hands, Marks turntable skills were soon in demand. A short time afterwards, he found himself in being introduced to Ed Handley and Andy Turner from the infamous Black Dog Productions. The meeting brought about the foundations of a solid studio partnership, with the trio putting together a string of releases for the seminal General Productions Records, all recorded at UXB studios. Run by a certain Dave Hill, after two years of coming and going to his east London hideout, Dave approached Mark about making some music together. From there, a longstanding partnership was spawned with the founding of Pure Plastic Recordings in 1994. With the label having played host to some of Marks finest work, the release of the classic Angie is a shoplifter LP in 1996 cemented his reputation as a leader in the scene. In 2001, further notable success was scored with the writing of Rue East’s Indoor Culture Lp alongside Dave Hill. An album which brought about the massive techno classic, Birmingham. Marks services as a Dj and re-mixer have also been in high demand over the past two decades having played around the globe at some of the worlds best clubs: from Fuse to Fabric, to La real and Florida 135 and, he has also had the pleasure of reworking material from artists such as Dubfire, Edit Select, Deepgroove, Dj 3000, Wally Lopez Mark has had a string of high class releases over the last 12 months Highlights being the Acclaimed Meltin Pot ep on Saved and the now infamous Mind/Feelin on Platzhirch. 2010 seems to be no different with releases on Edit Select, Material, A collab with James Ruskin on Blueprint titled " No Time Soon" plus Releases on Mark's own Beardman imprint and not forgetting his long waited album which will come on Saved Records in the summer!! Onwards and Upwards. No tracklist available

Tony’s lengthy journey from a College scratch DJ in Effingham, IL, to Brooklyn live artist and International superstar has been driven by his love and fascination for innovative musical ideas. His range of inspiration fuels his indefinable sound, gathering ideas through early Hip-Hop, House, Industrial and finally Techno. Channeling these expressions through his performances has earned him center stage at places like I Love Techno, Nature One, Awakenings, Tresor, Berghain, Chris Liebing’s Spinclub, Kozzmozz, Fuse, and even the closing of the famous La Real in Spain. In 2005 Tony met Tim Xavier and Camea in Brooklyn, and they began releasing together on Clink Recordings. He has contributed to five of their releases as a solo artist, and collaboratively with Tim as the Afternoon Coffee Boys. He ignited the label’s popularity with his biggest record of 2007, Kreuzberg Krunk. Tony also works with Alexi Delano, Dietrich Schoenemann and Dave Shokh (Dirka Dirka) on numerous projects and his work has been featured on top labels such as Cocoon, Weave, Podium and Frankie Records. 2008 was set to be Tony’s biggest year with two releases on Clink, one Techno and a new side of Rohr set for this summer, a House release! With additional plans for work under the Afternoon Coffee Boys moniker, coupled with his numerous collaborative releases on other labels such as Plus 8 with Alexi Delano, Tony is placing himself in the center of the action. With the rising popularity of Live PAs, Tony’s experience, production and performance skills have set him above the rest, and he is considered to be one of the hottest techno acts coming out of America. No tracklist available

Since being introduced to electronic music back in the early 90's, Audio Injection has been hooked. At the early age of 15 he started Djing and playing out at local underground events and raves around the Southern California area. You would find him spinning various styles from house, acid, & techno to hardcore techno. After years of Djing he then decided to learn to produce his own music, which landed him releases on techno labels such as Monoid, Stimulus, & local label Droid Recordings. Since being associated with local event production group Droid Behavior in 2003, you can find him as a resident at the infamous Interface warehouse events as well as a regular producer for Droid Recordings along with Drumcell (Co-Founder of Droid Behavior). With releases & remixes on labels such as Droid, 4 Track, Circle Music () , Tora Tora Tora, Lazerslut, Smallroom, Impact Mechanics and many more to come, Audio Injection continues to shape his own sound as well as collaborate with Drumcell to release more mind bending techno, with a funky twist putting Los Angeles & Droid Recordings on the techno map. No tracklist available

From his earliest demos to his current position as a key figure in the global techno scene, Perc (aka Ali Wells) has taken the established forms of the music he loves and twisted them into something new and fresh. Building up successful relationships with scene-leading labels such as Drumcode, Ovum, Kompakt and CLR whilst unleashing a strong run of releases on his own Perc Trax label has seen Perc’s influence and grow even further. With each release his sonic experimentation has taken another leap forward without losing sight of the dancefloor. 2009’s ‘Throb’ on Ovum and ‘Submit’ on CLR brought Perc his first from the key Berlin tastemakers and his 2010 releases including ‘BCG’ (Perc Trax) and ‘Monad V’ (Stroboscopic Artefacts) have made him an essential artist for those with an interest in techno that refuses to conform to preconceptions. As Perc’s profile grows his booking schedule has become busier and Perc’s travels have covered all of Europe plus tours of USA, Canada, Mexico, South Africa and Japan. Personal highlights for Perc's touring include a back-to-back set with Oliver Ho in Tokyo, his debut at Tresor in early 2010, being part of the Drumcode tent at Dance Valley in 2008 and playing on the same bill as Richie Hawtin and Speedy J at 2008’s Electric Deluxe Queen’s Day party at Melkweg, Amsterdam. This year Perc has frequently played alongside Josh Wink as part of the '15 Years Of Ovum Tour' and will make his debut at Berlin's legendary Panorama Bar in September. No tracklist available

After our surprising X-mas CLR Podcast Special with a set of Chris himself we like to welcome you guys to the last CLR Podcast 044 in 2009! Let’s listen to the excellent sounds of Tim Xavier... Behind the scenes Tim has made himself a great reputation as a mastering engineer doing mix-downs, digital and vinyl mastering for clients such as Wagon Repair, Spectral, Minus, and Clink. He has become an underground secret, a doctor of audio, and has had his hands on the output of many of our favorite artists. As a producer Tim's sound is ired, analyzed and followed, with a personal style that is overflowing with maturity and fluent simplicity. He is a techno Beethoven, deep, dark and emotional, and lets his tracks breath by manipulating a few simple ideas in each experience. Tim is most currently noted for his involvement as a main artist on one of the most fast-rising labels from America, Clink Recordings, and also works with Tony Rohr as the Afternoon Coffee Boys. No tracklist available

Enjoying life inspired by memories and music from the past, combining them with the progressing sound of techno. Pär Grindvik is an artist that always aims to compose music that keeps the aesthetics and underground culture alive. Pär Grindvik or his pseudonym The Hollow has been a core person of the Swedish electronic scene since the nineties as record store-owner (Illegal Stockholm), label manager and producer. He is a well established artist and after many years of touring and releases on big name labels like Drumcode, Spectral Sound and his own label Stockholm LTD, which he created and founded in 2002, he is now based in Berlin, . Stockholm LTD began as an outlet for singles and EPs from Swedish electronic artists with a focus on releasing timeless electronic music. Nowadays it's much more, as each release tells its own story. Every inch of Pär’s work, including the label, artwork, release info and music, is wrapped with heart and emotion, which keeps the sparkle and curiosity alive within the ever changing adaptations of the artistic world. Thus, Pär Grindvik is one of the most promising names around today and one of the most respected producers out there! No tracklist available

London born and based techno producer Jand DJ James Ruskin is one of the lights in UK techno. James Ruskin comes from a background that first put him in touch with hip hop and electro and later with the emerging Detroit techno scenes.and brings a long background and deep knowledge of underground electronic music to his productions and DJing. Subsequently, Ruskin and long-time friend Richard Polson set up a studio together and, by 1996, had also launched a label, Blueprint (a sub-label, Coda, followed in 2000).Originally working together as Outline, Polson and Ruskin’s first searing interpretations of minimalism formed part of a new wave of UK techno producers alongside Birmingham’s Surgeon and Regis and London’s Oliver Ho. James’s delivered 2 albums in the past, most recent album, last year’s ‘The Dash’ was melancholic and melodic, often understated but never lightweight, Ruskin explored with a variety of tempos and beat structures on ‘The Dash’ and It’s his best long player to date. Against this backdrop, Ruskin has re-launched Blueprint with the first release proper from his new collaborative project, O/V/R, together with Regis aka Karl O’Connor. While the duo had remixed Ruskin’s ‘Lahaine’ last year, the panning, hypnotic techno of their debut EP for the label, ‘Interior’, solidifies their working relationship. Ruskin has also been releasing under his own name on the label and plans to release material by artists outside of the original Blueprint line up as well as further album projects. With more O/V/R material being recorded and plans in place to perform the project live, James Ruskin is once again providing a unique blueprint for techno music. No tracklist available

Born in Stockholm, the DJ/producer has spent the last decade working relentlessly to bring his amalgamation of funky house and tribal techno to a global platform. Although Swedish by birth, Christian spent much of his youth in Frankfurt, , and this turn fate played an unexpected role in determining his musical tastes. Moving to New York in 1989, Christian discovered that, running parallel to its high profile house community, the city that never sleeps also had a thriving techno scene. After finishing high school in 1992, Christian moved to Washington DC to study international business at university and, in his spare time started DJing. He never dreamt DJing would become his career. Indeed, Christians earliest DJing experiences also played a definitive role in his future work, as he first met regular collaborator John Selway in 1993. Selway, who was playing the same rave circuit as Christian at this time was also working in New Yorks renowned Satellite Records store. By '97 he felt really inspired by DJing and the music that this prompted him to get working seriously with his label TRONIC. However, on completing his studies, Christian started to go to New York more frequently to collaborate with John Selway! Back in Stockholm later on, Smith noticed that the demand for his tightly mixed, three decks DJing had increased and was booked to play all over Europe and beyond. Tronic was one of the first tech-house labels, music that house and techno DJs could play; Christian calls his style housey techno. While there's no doubt that Christians distinctive work injected a much-needed sense of funk back into techno, he made it accessible to a wider audience. His DJing is of an exceptionally high standard; Smiths willingness to travel to literally every country in the globe has been another determining factor in his ascendance. While Smiths releases ensured his bookings continued to soar, the Swedish DJ/producer identifies the release of his first major mix CD, Tronic Treatment as another turning point in his career. Weighing in at twenty eight tracks and recorded live in Australia on three decks, the smooth mix moves from funky house through to dubby, rolling tech-house, into pulsating techno. In fact, as things get faster, his selection becomes more varied. Christians profile was raised by the mix. His sense of diversity and unwillingness to adhere to one dimension is an ethic Christian believes is inherent in the worlds finest DJs. Christian was most inspired by Carl Cox and Laurent Garnier. Although both DJ’s are quite different what Christian saw in Carl was the ability to mix continuously between three turntables, and create that musical fusion. No tracklist available