Audion Returns With Alpha LP

Matthew Dear will release a new LP titled Alpha under his Audion alias via !K7 on 10th June.

Audion, the alter-ego of Matthew Dear, last put out an LP in 2005, the celebrated Suckfish. The LP gained further attention when Richie Hawtin included album cut Mouth to Mouth in his closing set at the 2006 Detroit Electronic Music Festival.

Few details about Alpha are available but Destroyer, a cut from the album can be streamed below where the full tracklist is detailed.

 

Tracklist
01. Dem
02. There Was A Button
03. Gut Man Commeth
04. Traanc
05. Celestial Antibody
06. Destroyer
07. Suppa
08. Napkin
09. Bob The Builder
10. Sucker
11. Timewarp
12. Zunk Synth
13. Sicko

Kompakt Announce Total 15

On 17th August, Kompakt will release the latest edition in their long-running Total compilation series, Total 15.

Apart from 2013, when the Cologne label took a year’s break from the series to focus on its 20th anniversary, each year has seen a new volume of Total. 2015’s issue sees a mix of new and previously released material with contributions from Kompakt cornerstones Michael Mayer and Wolfgang Voigt (as Wassermann) as well as Superpitcher, Kölsch, Gui Boratto, John Tejada and Jürgen Paape. Cuts from recent signings Agoria and Dauwd also feature.

The compilation will be available digitally and on CD and double vinyl. The full tracklist is laid out below

Stream the playlist for Total 15 via SoundCloud.

Tracklist
CD1:
01. Kölsch – DerDieDas
02. Audion feat. Troels Abrahamsen – Dem Howl
03. Michael Mayer – Humm
04. Patrice Bäumel – TheVanishing
05. Terranova feat. Lydmor & Bon Homme – Skin & Bones
06. Agoria – Baptême (LuckyBlue Eyes Version – Agoria Retouch)
07. Guy Mantzur & Roy RosenfelD – Epika
08. Gui Boratto – 22
09. Jürgen Paape – Manipuri
10. Dave DK – Smukke Lyde
11. Weval – Gimme Some (Hunter/Game Mix)
12. John Tejada – Two O One

CD2:
01. COMA – Lora
02. Saschienne – Chambre Bleue
03. Matias Aguayo – Run Away From The Sun
04. Vermont – Majestät (DJ Tennis Edit)
05. Dauwd – Jupiter George
06. Hunter/Game – Bermuda
07. Wassermann – Eisen Mein Herz
08. Superpitcher – Freiherr
09. Reinhard Voigt – The Buddy
10. Rex The Dog – Sicko
11. Blond:ish feat. Audysea – Stolen Romance
12. The Black Frame – Sacrocanct

Vinyl:
A1 Wassermann – Eisen Mein Herz
A2 Jürgen Paape – Manipuri
B1 Michael Mayer – Humm
B2 Superpitcher – Freiherr
C1 Weval – Gimme Some (Hunter/Game Mix)
C2 Patrice Bäumel – Fenomeno
D1 Voigt & Voigt – Akira (Reeperbahn Mix)
D2 The Black Frame – Sacrosanct

Daniel Avery To Release New Energy Compilation

A two-disk collection featuring remixes of tracks from Daniel Avery’s Drone Logic album will come out through Phantasy Sound on 2nd March. Titled New Energy, it features contributions from Rødhåd, Perc and Roman Flügel and more. The tracklist is detailed at the foot of this post.

Most of the remixed tracks appeared on Avery’s debut album, Drone Logic, which landed in October 2013 and New Energy collates some previously released remixes as well as a number of new ones. There’s a generous portion of techno across the two disks with Ø [Phase], Silent Servant, Rødhåd, Conforce, Perc and Audion contributing while additions from Factory Floor, Roman Flügel, KiNK, Powell, Special Request and Danny Daze stretch out the horizon the package.

New Energy will be released on CD and digital formats on 2nd March. In a previous post, I wrote about a Daniel Avery 12″ release with remixes from Rødhåd, Silent Servant and Volte-Face, which is due this month.

Stream Rødhåd’s remix of “Drone Logic” via SoundCloud below.

Tracklist
CD1
01. Drone Logic (Factory Floor Remix)
02. All I Need (Roman Flügel Remix)
03. Platform Zero (Volte-Face Remix)
04. Naive Response (Ø [Phase] Remix)
05. Spring 27 (Silent Servant Remix)
06. Free Floating (Matt Walsh Remix)
07. Knowing We’ll Be Here (KiNK Remix)
08. New Energy (Beyond The Wizard’s Sleeve Re-Animation)

CD2
01. Drone Logic (Rødhåd Remix)
02. Need Electric (Audion Remix)
03. Reception (Perc Remix)
04. These Nights Never End (Ricardo Tobar Remix)
05. Simulrec (Conforce Remix)
06. Water Jump (Powell Remix)
07. Taste (Special Request Remix)
08. Naive Response (Danny Daze Remix)

Daniel Avery Announces Drone Logic Remix EP

UK-based producer Daniel Avery will release a 12″ containing three remixes of tracks from his acclaimed Drone Logic LP with contributions from Silent Servant, Rødhåd and Volte-Face.

Set for release on 19th January via Phantasy Sound, this 12″ succeeds a batch of other remix EPs where artists such as Perc, Roman Flügel, Factory Floor, Audion and KiNK reworked tracks from the 2013 album. Rødhåd’s version of Drone Logic‘s title track, which leads the 12″, was originally released late last year and is now accompanied by Silent Servant’s take on ambient track Spring 27 and a remix of Platform Zero by Volte-Face (who runs experimental club night BleeD).

Stream KiNK’s remix of Knowing We’ll Be Here, Drone Logic’s closing track.

Tracklist

01. Drone Logic (Rødhåd Remix)
02. Platform Zero (Volte-Face Remix)
03. Spring 27 (Silent Servant Remix)

Stream Audion’s new track Dem Howl

Matthew Dear’s forthcoming single under his Audion alias, which will arrive via Cologne institution Kompakt on 3rd November, is now available to stream in its entirety. Over the course of seven minutes, snappy vocals from Troels Abrahamsen, warm, swelling pads and a precise dance floor rhythm Dem Howl patiently builds into an expansive production.

On the 12″ version, Dem Howl will be joined by an instrumental cut and a remix from Michael Mayer remix. A Joris Voorn remix is the bonus track with the digital version. Stream Audion’s Dem Howl in full below:

Audion Announces 12″ for Kompakt

After several years of releasing albums under his own name, Matthew Dear is returning to his techno-focused alias Audion with a new 12″ for Kompakt. Released next month, the 12″ consists of three tracks centred around Dem Howl, which features vocals from Troels Abrahamsen. The track is said to focus on “…the more introspective moments on the dancefloor… without sacrificing one iota of the precisely engineered groove machinery that is Audion.”

Released on 3rd November, Dem Howl is backed by an instrumental version of the track as well as a remix from Kompakt co-founder Michael Mayer. The record’s digital version will also feature a remix from Joris Voorn and an instrumental take of Mayer’s remix.

Listen to Audion’s Motormouth below