Yearly Archives: 2008

Roland Appel, Unforgiven

[Sonar Kollektiv]

Jörg Burger, Polyform 2

[K2] After eight years of relative silence, Jörg Burger returned to releasing music under his own name in 2007. His work as The Modernist, Stardiver, Triola Echo Club and many remixes flowed from the techno/ambient/trance legend’s Cologne residence over the last years, so that time was hardly idly spent. In addition to the tepidly-received “Bring […]

Talking Shop with Diynamic Music

Welcome to the first in our new series of short interviews, affectionately titled Talking Shop. The majority of media and fan attention gets showered on the artists who create the music we love to listen to/DJ with/dance to, and for good reasons. But without the hard work, keen ears and business savvy of label staff, […]

Efdemin, Lohn & Brot Remixes

[liebe*detail spezial] (buy vinyl) (buy .mp3s) For their latest spezial release, liebe*detail reaches back to Efdemin’s 2006 breakthrough track, “Lohn & Brot” (“Wages & Bread”) and enlists two disparate yet similarly revered producers — Tobias Freund and Sebo K — to have another look. First up is Freund (as tobias.), a electronic veteran whose career […]

Jichael Mackson, Baff

[Hartchef Discos] Much of the attention Boris Steffen (aka Jichael Mackson) earned in 2007 was focused on his “…Wasn’t Me” EP on Musique Risquée, and for good reason. Its “The Grass Is Always Greener…” precariously balanced eccentric samples and dubbed out arrangements such that they elicited smiles of comprehension and shaking hips rather than guffaws […]