Andreas Wiegand didn’t have much to say when answering our interview questions, but critics and clubbers alike have been quite noisy in their appreciation for his music as Andomat 3000. Retooling his career after years as DJ Mahatma, Wiegand (and Jan) turned heads with the massive “L Delay” for Cadenza, and he’s only gotten better since. His barbed and tightly laced “Cognitive Dissonance” helped propel Cécille Records into the spotlight before splashing his tracky, jazz-influenced aesthetic across releases and remixes for Four:Twenty, Platzhirsch Schallplatten, Poker Flat, Einmaleins Musik, REKIDS, and Cocoon, among others. For our 10th podcast, Wiegand opted for an exclusive live set crafted solely with unreleased tracks, offering a spectacular keyhole view into the future sounds of Andomat 3000. Given the nature of this beast the tracklist is necessarily sketchy, but few will have time to care when the irresistible, pumping rhythms draw you far from your computer.

LWE Podcast 10: Andomat 3000 (65:39)

Tracklist:

01. Andomat 3000, “1-2-3″
02. Andomat 3000, “Gjjh” (LWE version)
03. Andomat 3000, “Yeah” (LWE version)
04. Andomat 3000, “Heinzland Jazz”
05. Andomat 3000, “Miles Motel” (live version)
06. Andomat 3000, “Lyambiko” (LWE version)
07. Andomat 3000, “Maxwell”
08. Andomat 3000, can’t remember1 (Ableton improvisation)
09. Andomat 3000, “Reverse Dizko”
10. Andomat 3000, can’t remember2 (Ableton improvisation)
10.5. some beats from the live act
11. Andomat 3000 & Sven UK, “Scheisslied nr. 2″
12. Andomat 3000, unreleased remix I did for Material series
13. Andomat 3000, “Ode to DBX”
14. Andomat 3000, track I did 1,000 years ago
15. Andomat 3000, another track I did 1,000 years ago

Check out an interview with Andomat 3000 after the jump.

When and where did you make the mix?

Andomat 3000: I recorded it at home last week.

What’s the concept behind the mix?

I had no concept beside that it would all be unreleased tracks. I tried to make no mistakes in mixing but didn’t succeed.

Who are a few of your favorite DJs and why?

I really don’t know.

What can we expect from you for the rest of the year?

I’m gonna do some live gigs and prepare some releases, as I was not producing much recently.

LWE Podcast 10: Andomat 3000

[Cécille Records]

Cécille Records, a new label from Nick Curly and Marc Scholl, has managed to put itself on the map after only three releases, each more enjoyable than the one before it. First recruiting Markus Fix, then the semi-mysterious Sis (who recorded for Curly’s other label, 8bit), Cécille now courts Andreas Wiegand, better known as Andomat 3000. “Cognitive Dissonance,” Wiegand’s latest, finds the experienced producer working minimal house grooves into warm-blooded movers and shakers that cannot be ignored.

Listen to “Vertical Smile”:

Opener “Vertical Smile” weaves in and out of patches of reverb, almost as if being dunked under water as the track tries to cut through the refracting depths. Wiegand spares no nuance, opting for percussion that compresses/expands like tiny pistons and pacing pitches awash in viscous timbres, suggesting the track could take place as easily in a lap pool as in a club. He moves to more traditional house ideas with “Cicl?”, a piano-driven cut that’s ripe for the mixing in today’s ivory-happy environment. His rambling piano chords are cut to slivers by jacking claps, all operating under the muted glow of warm pads. Definitely a cut above a lot of piano-heavy tracks these days. Closing out the package is the rattling “Hominid,” a bare bones number whose only melody is the subtle squeak of its joints. Those favoring Andomat’s material with Jan will latch on to this skinny one.

It might be a little early to call Cécille a buy on sight label, but with “Cognitive Dissonance” as the knock out punch on a 1-2-3 combo, it seems safe to say Curly and Scholl know quality when they hear/release it. And if any of these tracks are an indication, 2008 could be a hot year for Andomat 3000 as well.